'Mamma Mia' Has Christmas In Cardiff

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'Mamma Mia' Has Christmas In Cardiff

Posted: 2/2/10 at 9:26am

Following on from the sellout success of 'Les Miserables' over the 2009 Christmas season The Wales Millennium Centre has yet another West End show for Christmas 2010.

'Mamma Mia ' will open there mid November and play for 8 weeks.

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'Mamma Mia' Has Christmas In Cardiff

Posted: 2/2/10 at 9:28am

I love how Mamma Mia International Tour always comes home for Christmas.

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'Mamma Mia' Has Christmas In Cardiff

Posted: 2/2/10 at 9:33am

send the tour to southampton!

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'Mamma Mia' Has Christmas In Cardiff

Posted: 2/2/10 at 9:35am

Too close to London (see separate thread)
haha, only joking, I'm sure it will get there pretty soon.

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'Mamma Mia' Has Christmas In Cardiff

Posted: 2/2/10 at 9:37am

It will make it to Southampton onces its done all the other number 1 venues. It is very close to London to be a priority, shame as Southampton needs a decent Christmas show!!

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'Mamma Mia' Has Christmas In Cardiff

Posted: 2/2/10 at 9:38am

its taken les mis long enough to decide it was comming back to us!

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'Mamma Mia' Has Christmas In Cardiff

Posted: 2/2/10 at 9:51am

God! don't get me started on Southampton and its dire recent record of Christmas shows.
The last 4 or 5 years have been box office and artistic disasters!

Qdos had a huge falling out with the Mayflower management and thats why they pulled the second biggest date they had each Christmas after Birmingham.
Time to make amends maybe?

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'Mamma Mia' Has Christmas In Cardiff

Posted: 2/2/10 at 9:54am

They really need to, Mama do you know what the falling out was about? The management at the Mayflower is usually brilliant so im intrigued what happened.

The really need to drop Michael Rose and get back to Qdos

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'Mamma Mia' Has Christmas In Cardiff

Posted: 2/2/10 at 10:02am

A producers favorite work -percentages.

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'Mamma Mia' Has Christmas In Cardiff

Posted: 2/2/10 at 10:05am

ahhh I see. The Mayflower always used to sell out their Christmas shows,and they were really good and got top names. Just doesnt happen these days, and the quality isnt great either. White Christmas was the only decent one in my view.

Id love to see Qdos return to The Mayflower!

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'Mamma Mia' Has Christmas In Cardiff

Posted: 2/2/10 at 10:12am

Cardiff wont have a theatre seat available for love nor money this coming Christmas.

Qdos are presenting 'Cinderella' at the New Theatre with Brian Conley!

This panto was probably Southampton's last big one as you said, Princton.

Updated On: 2/2/10 at 10:12 AM

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'Mamma Mia' Has Christmas In Cardiff

Posted: 2/2/10 at 10:37am

It was actually Peter Pan with Paul Nicholas and Nadia from Big Brother! lol (which was actually much better than it sounds!), but yeah Brian Conley in Cinderella did 2 or 3 visits to Southampton

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'Mamma Mia' Has Christmas In Cardiff

Posted: 2/2/10 at 11:13am

Hmm Christmas abroad this year then?

Half joking, will be looking foreward to Conley in panto, not so much Mama Mia, in fact will activly avoid family members who suggest it as a 'nice christmas outing'

Don't get me wrong, I'm glad WMC has another big hit on its hand, just as long as I don't have to go!

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'Mamma Mia' Has Christmas In Cardiff

Posted: 2/2/10 at 11:53am

Agreed. See you at the New (to use a slogan they used back in the late 70's! ha)

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'Mamma Mia' Has Christmas In Cardiff

Posted: 2/2/10 at 11:59am

I hated the movie with a fiery passion - do I even bother with this?

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'Mamma Mia' Has Christmas In Cardiff

Posted: 2/2/10 at 12:03pm

it is quite goon on stage compared to the film!

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'Mamma Mia' Has Christmas In Cardiff

Posted: 2/2/10 at 12:26pm

The New it is, the phrase as stuck though alot of people refer to it only as that!

I'd imagine the stage version is better than the film (could it be worse?!) but I had no desire to see it before the film so even less now!

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'Mamma Mia' Has Christmas In Cardiff

Posted: 2/2/10 at 1:45pm

No, I doubt it could be any worse than the film. I think I'm going to have to give it a miss, as much as I enjoyed seeing Les Mis at Christmas and would like to make theatre at Christmas a annual thing. I'm not that desperate.

Out of curiosity, do people tend to like Mamma Mia more or Less than We Will Rock You?

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'Mamma Mia' Has Christmas In Cardiff

Posted: 2/2/10 at 1:53pm

no i think we will rock you is hated more!

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'Mamma Mia' Has Christmas In Cardiff

Posted: 2/2/10 at 1:55pm

I preferred the film of Mamma Mia, though only in much the same way that I'd 'prefer' a dose of cyanide to being punched to death.

And though I would never see either show again I play the WWRY CD more often than Mamma Mia just because I like Queen more than Abba...

Updated On: 2/2/10 at 01:55 PM

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'Mamma Mia' Has Christmas In Cardiff

Posted: 2/2/10 at 1:59pm

I hated the stage version (Vegas) but didn't mind the film.

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'Mamma Mia' Has Christmas In Cardiff

Posted: 2/2/10 at 7:50pm

Is the Millennium Centre in Cardiff a theatre or a arena?

Just curious as the one in Newcastle is a arena, which Mama Mia played this Christmas. Just out of interest where in the UK had Mama Mia played at Christmas before Newcastle?

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'Mamma Mia' Has Christmas In Cardiff

Posted: 2/3/10 at 4:15am

Its a lovely theatre/concert hall.

Its playing the arena in Liverpool in the summer too.

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'Mamma Mia' Has Christmas In Cardiff

Posted: 2/3/10 at 4:54am

It is a really nice theatre, beautiful auditorium and great seating layout - I've taken to seeing more shows there recently than in my home city of Bristol (it also seems that a number of tours - Guys and Dolls, Mary Poppins and The Producers to name three - now miss Bristol entirely in favour of the Millenium Centre).

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'Mamma Mia' Has Christmas In Cardiff

Posted: 2/3/10 at 5:20am

I love the WMC, I love the feel of it inside the theatre. I have yet to sit in a bad seat and I adore the homey/cozy feeling that all that wood gives off. It feels warm.

However, I think I shall be giving Mamma Mia a miss.